Arvind Gupta, former UBC president, joins University of Toronto

The mystery over the future of former University ofBritish Columbia president Arvind Gupta has been solved.

Gupta is returning to his alma mater after being appointeddistinguished visiting professor in the University of Toronto'scomputer science department for the2015-2016 academic year.

Gupta'sabruptresignation in Augustjust a year into his five-year term as University of British Columbia's presidenttook many by surprise. He said at the timehe would return to his academiccareer as a computer science professor at the post-secondaryinstitution.

"With U of T being an urban university and right downtown, there'll be lots of opportunities to build new kinds of links," Gupta said in a statement.

"The president's really talked a lot about making these sorts of connections. I'll be very interested to see how I can contribute."

Meanwhile UBC has seen a string of recent controversies since Gupta's resignation.

The university is investigating claims a professorwas intimidated overablogpostsuggesting Guptalost a "masculinity contest" with the school's leadership. John Montalbano then steppeddown as chair of UBC's board of governors while maintaining he did notcompromise a professor's academic freedom.

Martha Piper, who was UBC president from 1997 to 2006, has returnedto the role on an interim basis while the university finds apermanent replacement.